Horseshoe



L. M. MUSSELMAN HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE I5, I920.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

UNITED STATES LAYTON M. MUSSELMAN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

BIORSESI-IOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application led June 15, 1920. VSerial No. 389,140.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, LAYroN M. MUssEL- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State oit New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I'Iorseshoes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to horseshoes and the object thereof is to provide a shoe ot this class with means for preventing a horse from slipping on icy or frozen streets or roads; a further object being to provide a horseshoe with main toe and heel calls and supplemental toe and heel calks detachably connected with themain toe and heel calks, the construction and arrangement being suoli that the supplemental toe and heel callis may be detached and new ones substituted whenever desirable; a still further object being to provide a horseshoe with supplemental toe andV heel callrs which are made of angular plates or angle-iron, L- shaped in cross-section and provided with means whereby theyvmay be securely locked in position against movement in any direction and especially againstmovement forwardly and backwardly and transversely; and with these and other objects in View the invention consistsrin a device or devices of the class specified, Constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan. view of a horseshoe provided with my improved toe and heel callr constructions, part of said toe and heel callr constructions being in section' 2, a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Iiig. 3. a `view looking in the `direction of the arrow 3 of Fie'. 2;

Fig. 4, a view looking in the direction of the arrow 4: of Fig. '1;

Fig. 5, a section on the line 5--5 `of Fie. 41, and A 6, a perspective view of one of the detachable `heelcalk members which I employ.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at 1 a horseshoe which is. preferably stamped or otherwise formed from a steel plate, and said horseshoe is provided with a main transverse toe calli member 2 which is formed integrally therewith and with an upwardly directed toe piece 3, which is cutA from the material et the main transverse call; member 2 thus forming an aperture 4C in said callir member.

I also provide a supplemental toe calli member 5 which is fashioned from sheet steel and L-shaped in cross-section and composed of a horizontal plate member 6 and a vertically arranged plate member 7 which abuts against the main transverse toe callr member 2, and the body of the shoe with the transverse main calk member' 2 forms an angular or Lsshaped bed or support for the supplemental calli member 5.

The parts 6 and 7 ol the supplemental toe calk member 5 are provided with bolt holes 8 and this calk member is locked directly to the main transverse toe call; member 2 by a U-shaped bolt 9, the arms 10 of which are passed through the parts 2 and 7 and provided with nuts l1, which are locked against rotation by a nutlock plate 12 placed against a face of the main transverse front toe call( member 2, and the ends of which are bent up over the outer sides of said nuts as clearly shown at 13. With this construction, as will be seen, the arms 10 form bolts which are integral with the crosshead member 9 and said bolts cannot rotate independently, and this also aids in locking the nuts 11 in position on said bolts.

The parts 6 and 7 ot' the supplemental toe calk member 5 are also provided with upwardly and outwardly directed transverse lugs 14C and 15 respectively, and the shoe l is provided with a transverse aperture 16 to receive the lug 141, and the lug 15 passes into the aperture 4 in the main transverse toe calli member" 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the parts 6 and 7 of the toe calk member 5 are also provided in their inner ends, in the construction shown, with transverse recesses 17 and 18 respectively, which are formed by producing the lugs 14 and 15 which are stamped from the parts 6 and 7: The parts 6 and 7 of the supplemental toe callr member 5 are deeper or wider in transverse section than the main transverse toe member 2, and

said parts 6 and 7 are of the same transverse width or dimensions; and with this construction, as will be understood, the position of the supplemental toe calk member 5 may be reversed when one of said parts 6 or 7 has become worn.

The side portions 19 of the shoe are provided with main heel calk members 20 which are also. L-shaped in form, the longer arms or endportions 21 thereof'extendinglongitudinally of thesh'oe and the shorter arms or end portions 22 thereof inwardly and transversely of thev shoe, and the sidesof the shoe are provided withrecesses or apertures 23; and the transverse parts 22 of the calk members 20 are provided with fingers 24 which pass through saidrecesses or apertures and are riveted, welded, or otherwise secured therein.

I also provide supplemental and detachable heel calk members A25 which are L- shaped in form, the longer arms 26 thereof extending longitudinally ofy the shoe, and the shorter arms 27 thereof inwardly and transversely ofthe shoe; and these supplemental `heel calk-members 25 are adapted to'fit in the angles of the main heel. calk members 20 and the transverse parts 27 thereof are provided with hook members 28 which pass through, or areY adapted to be passed through, corresponding transverse lapertures 29 inthe transverse parts 22 of the main heel calk members 20, and the body of the shoe with ythe main heel calk members 20 forms three-sided beds or supports for the vsupplemental heel calk members 25.

The longer parts 21 and 26 of the heel calk members are also provided with bolt holes 30, and I also provide U-shaped lock bolts 31 which are passed inwardly through the bolt holes 30, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the l inner arms `of the lock bolts 31 or those nearest the 'transverse center` of the shoe are provided with-nuts 32; and placed on the inner sides of the parts 26 of the supplemental e heel calk members 25 are nut lock plates 33 through which both arms of the lock bolts 31 pass; Thefinner ends of the lock plates 33 lare bent up over the nuts 32 as shown at 34 to reventsaid nuts from rotating.

e" side. portions of the shoe are provided fith backwardly Y directed extensions 35 which are designed to protect the parts 28 of the supplemental heel calk members 25; and with the construction above described, it will vbe that the said supplemental heel calk 25 when once secured-in position are immovable in any direction, and these Aheel vcalk members or the positions thereof cannot be reversed.

4f `The verticalor, transverse dimensions of the supplemental heelcalk members 25 are A greater than the corresponding dimenalso provided with efficient means for `ing them in position on to the shoe, but

sions of the main heel calk members, and it is these parts of the supplemental heel calk members that come in contact with the ground when the shoe is in use and prevent the horse from slipping or sliding on frozen or icy streets or roads, as is also the case with the supplemental toe calk member.

The main idea of the invention herein described is the provision of angle-iron supplemental toe and heel calk members which may be securely locked in connect-ion with the main heel and toe calk members so as to prevent lateral, vertical, or forward and backward movement thereof, and which are specically formed, as herein described arlld oc ing its advantages.

will also be seen from the foregoing description that the toe portion of the shoe and the main transverse toe calk member 2 vintegrally connected therewith form a bed lor sup ort which is L-shaped in cross-section and this, of course, facilitates the placing of the supplemental toe calk member in osition and securing it therein; and the a ove is also true of the heel calk members except that the main heel calk members taken 1n connection with the side portions of the shoe form double L-shaped or angularshaped supports for the supplemental heel calk members and also facilitate the use of supplementalheel calk members of the form shown anddescribed and the securing thereof inlposition;

As'hereinbefore stated the shoe 1 and the V'main calk members are preferably stamped from sheet steel and this enables me to produce a shoe which will all the necessary strength and durability, while at the same time bei of minimum weight; and

A.the supplementa toe and heel calk members are also stamped or otherwise formed from sheet steel, which gives them great strength andkdurability and the bearing edges or surfaces thereof which come in contact with the street or road over which a horse is passing are comparatively thin and do not need` sharpening to prevent slipping.

',Havin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A horseshoe provided with a main toe calk member and with L5haped main heel call; members, the longer arms of which extend longitudinally ofthe sides of the shoe and the shorter arms transversely thereof, and supplemental toe and heel call: members which are angular in form and fitted Within the main toe and heel calli members and secured in position by U-shaped bolts.

2. A horseshoe provided with a main toe ealk member and with L-shaped main heel calk members, the longer arms of which extend longitudinally of the sides of the shoe and the shorter arms transversely thereof, supplemental toe and heel calk members which are angular in form and fitted Within the main toe and heel calk members and Secured in position by U-shaped bolts, one of said U-shaped bolts being passed through a part of the supplemental toe ealk member and through the main toe calk member and provided With locked nuts, and others of said bolts beingI passed through parts of the supplemental heel ealk members and the main heel ealk members and provided with locked nuts.

3. A horseshoe provided With a toe call( and with L-shaped main heel calks, the longer arms of which extend longitudinally of the sides of the shoe and the shorter arms transversely thereof, and supplemental heel calks set into the main heel calks, and similar thereto in form, and secured thereto and to the shoe by U-shaped bolts passed through thelonger arms of the main and supplemental heel callrs.

4t. A horseshoe provided With a toe call( and With L-shaped main heel ealks, the longer arms of Which extend longitudinally of the sides of the shoe and the shorter arms transversely thereof, and supplemental heel calks set into the main heel calks, and similar thereto in form, and secured thereto and to the shoe by U-shaped bolts passed through 4ealks similar .in form to the main heel oalks,

said supplemental heel calks being provided with lock devices adapted to be passed through parts of the main heel calks, and said supplemental heel callrs being also adapted to be secured to the main heel callzs 4by U-shaped bolts.

6. A horseshoe provided with main heel callrs which are L-shaped in form, the longer arms of said calls extending longitudinally of the sides of the shoe and the shorter arms transversely thereof, and supplemental heel ealks similar in form to the main heel ealks, said supplemental heel ealks heilig provided with lock devices adapted to be passed through parts of the main heel calls, and said supplemental heel ealks being also adapted to be secured to the main heel calks by U-shaped bolts provided with nuts and means for locking said nuts in position.

7. A horseshoe provided with a main transverse toe ealk and With main heel ealks which are z ngular in form, supplemental toe and heel ealls angular in form, and U- shaped bolts provided with lock nuts for securing said supplemental toe and heel ealks to the main toe and heel ealks.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 14th day of June, 1920.

LAYTON M. MUSSELMAN.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

